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Date: Sept. 29, 2005
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CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN NEWSLINE
Sept. 29, 2005
 
Brethren Revival Fellowship holds General Meeting
 
Sept. 29, 2005 (Elgin, IL) --  The Brethren Revival Fellowship (BRF)  held 
its General Meeting in Northern Ohio District on Saturday, Sept. 10. BRF is 
a 
revival movement within the Church of the Brethren. 
 
Mount Pleasant Church of the Brethren in North Canton, Ohio, was the host  
congregation. Moderated by Craig Alan Myers, BRF chairman and pastor of Blue 

River Church of the Brethren in Columbia City, Ind., the theme of the day was
 
"Jesus Christ and the Church of the Brethren."
 
Approximately 60 brethren and sisters from 20 congregations in eight  
districts in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Idaho, and Indiana attended the 
meeting, 
with the youngest being 16 months old. An offering was received for the  work

of BRF. Randy Cosner, pastor of Briery Branch Church of the Brethren in  
Dayton, Va., declared that "this was an exceptional day."
 
Fred Keener, pastor of the Bristolville congregation, preached on "The	
Relevance of Jesus to the Church of the Brethren." Jim Hardenbrook, pastor of
 
Nampa (Idaho) Church of the Brethren and
past moderator of the Church of the  Brethren Annual Conference, preached on 
"What Would Jesus Say to the Church of	the Brethren," "although he slightly 
altered the focus without losing sight of  the subject," said Myers in his 
report from the meeting. John Ballinger,  Northern Ohio District executive 
minister, brought devotions for the morning  session, and the Keener family
from the 
Bristolville (Ohio) Church of the  Brethren congregation presented special 
music. James F. Myer, BRF vice chairman,  presented a brief report of the
2005 
Annual Conference.
 
The assembly also had the privilege of hearing Toma Ragnjiya share the	
devotions for the afternoon session. Ragnjiya was at one time general
secretary  of 
Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria (EYN--the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria) and

 is now attending Ashland Seminary in a Doctor of Ministry program.
 
Charles L. Ilyes, pastor of Midway Church of the Brethren near Lebanon,  Pa.,

and David Wenger, minister on the plural non-salaried ministry team at	White

Oak Church of the Brethren in Manheim, Pa., received approval as new  members

of the BRF Committee. Carl L. Brubaker, moderator of the Midway  
congregation, began another five-year term.
 
Next year's BRF General Meeting will be held in conjunction with the  
Brethren Alive 2006 event at Elizabethtown (Pa.) College, July 28-30.
 
The Church of the Brethren is a Christian denomination committed to  
continuing the work of Jesus peacefully and simply, and to living out its
faith  in 
community. The denomination is based in the Anabaptist and Pietist faith  
traditions and is one of the three Historic Peace Churches. It celebrates its
 300th 
anniversary in 2008. It counts about 130,000 members across the United	
States and Puerto Rico, and has missions and sister churches in Brazil, the  
Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Nigeria.
 
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For more information contact:
 
Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford
Director of News Services
Church of the  Brethren General Board
1451 Dundee Ave.
Elgin, IL 60120
847-742-5100  ext. 260
_cbrumbaugh-cayford_gb@brethren.org_ 
(mailto:cbrumbaugh-cayford_gb@brethren.org) 
 
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